Wisconsin Center for the Book
“Knowing News” Project

The Wisconsin Center for the Book, with the support of the Wisconsin Humanities Council and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies is pleased to offer an opportunity to librarians and journalists to engage in a civil discourse approach to recognizing and engaging in formal “news”.

About

Are you a librarian or journalist interested in spreading news and information literacy in your community?

Apply Today! A training session for presenting an adult program on “Knowing News” is being held at the Portage Public Library in Portage, WI on May 15th, 2018 from 10am until 3pm.

Mini-grants of $400 are available for pairs of librarians and journalists (one of each) to attend the peer to peer training session on recognizing and engaging with formal “news”.

Applications are due by April 10th, 2018
Applicants with a third sponsoring community partner will receive preference in funding. Partnerships can include social organizations (Rotary, Kiwanis, Junior Leagues, etc.) or social venues (local restaurants, coffee shops, brew pubs, etc.)

Participant teams will have until December 30th, 2018 to offer their local program. Please indicate if you can offer more than one local program.

Continuing Education Credits Available
5 CE credits available for participation in the Knowing News ProjectKnowingNewsCE.pdf

Please note: You will be asked to attach a short budget justification (see sample budget form) to indicate how the funds will be used. Funds can be used to support travel to the training day and incidentals associated with the offering of the program.Please indicate travel details for each participant (mileage, hotel room if necessary).

“Funded in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.”

Apply

Knowing News Adult Programming Application

Name of Library

Name of Librarian

FirstLast

Email

Phone

Name of Local Sponsoring Newspaper

Name of Participating Journalist

FirstLast

Email

Phone

Third Partner(s)

Please include name and contact details

Anticipated Local Program Date(s)

Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY

Anticipated Local Program Date(s)

Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY

Submit Budget Justification

Please submit a short budget justification to indicate how funds will be used.
Funds can be used to support travel to the training day and incidentals associated with the offering of the program. Please indicate travel details for each participant (mileage, hotel room if necessary).

“Funded in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.”

Morning: Content Based

Why it matters: the experiment in democracy and the need for valid information

Why this partnership: The shared values of journalists and librarians

Exercise in news identification

How does a story happen: the process of journalism (David Haynes)

Invite observations from participating journalists

How to read a story: information literacy (Joyce M. Latham)

Invite observations from participating librarians

Lunch speaker

Afternoon: Process Based

Facilitation (Dr. Katherine Wilson)

Managing the room / venue

Preliminary discussion rules

Moving mike / talking stick

Timer on comments

Recording the process / flip charts

Shared language / documentation

Support materials

Newseum handouts (ESCAPE poster / talking points)

Bookmarks

How-to …

Practice sessions

Summary and evaluations

Speakers

Joyce M. Latham, is Director, Wisconsin Center for the Book, and Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, UWM. Joyce was a long time public librarian and teaches Adult Services for the school.

Dr. Katherine Wilson has served as Executive Director of the Zeidler Center since April 2013. She holds a PhD from the UWM. Passionate about community building at both the local and global level, Katherine works with small and large groups to facilitate civil discourse, mediate conflict, and train facilitators.

Resources

Continuing Education Credits Available
5 CE credits available for participation in the Knowing News ProjectKnowingNewsCE.pdf